Smoker&#39;s utensil



Spt. 10, 1929. s. M. m cux m 1,721,351

Filed Sept. 24, 1928 .Patented Sept? 10, 1929.

UNITED STTES .PTENT' FFICEL.

SANFORD Ml MCCUBDY, OI ADA, OEO.

'snoxnns -nrnnsxn Application flled September4;.l928. Serial No. 308,031.

My .invention has for its object to provide an improved combination cigarette package and match box holder and ash tray The inventipn may be contained in structurcs that vaiy"in their dettils and, to illustrate a nractical application of the-invention, 1 have selected a structure containing the invention and shall describe it herein:

after. The structure selectedis shown in the accompanying drawing. r

Fig. 1 of'the draWing is a front view of the smokers uten'sil selected for purposes of illustration. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the utensil.- Fig. 3 is a rear view-ofthe article.- Fig. 4 is. an end view of the same.

In the particular form of construction shown in the drawing, the invention provides acontainer that is preferably oblong both in vertical and in horizontal cross sections to provide a smokers utensil that has suflicient volume for .not onl car ing.a match au box and a cigarette par. age, ut alsO of a suflicient size for convehiently receiving and containing ashes. The container 1 is-thus of. Such a form that it ma be located-in any convenient position wit in the car and yet not be an Obstacle to the ordinar movementsbf the riders of the car. T e container, moredver, is provided with-an at tachjng mansgfor connecting it to.the upholstering-or the interiordecoration, where 40 such'interior .decoration isformed of Puncturabl-material. In order to sepure the cont'ainer 1 in any desired convement position Within the car or any other construction, the

container is provided with a pair of pins 2 t at are secured-to the upperlrear corners 0 the container. The lower ends 'ofthe pins 2 r e sharpened, as at 3, and the pins extend do nwardly and areinclined rearwardly at a shrp angle, substantiall5 as shown in Fig.

4. container 1 is secured by forcing the pins through the covering of the cushions or upholstering or other puncturable material and'moving the container l dowmvar d so as to push the pins 2 through the supporting' material and until the material is crowded into the space between the end of the pin and the back 4 of the container. 'Ijhe material Will thus be pinched between the pins 2 and the back 4: of the container. .Where the container is secured in an automobilexin the manner described, the pinching of the material between the pins and the back 4 7 Will prevent the container from being jounced loose from its connection with the 6 supporting material and yet the.- container 'may be readily liftedfrom the supporting "mate'rial and removed therefrom.

The container 1 is provided with two partitions 5 and 6. The partitions 5 and 6 are sparated frein each other a distance which is equal to about the.width of*a cigarette package and the partition 6 is separated fromone of the endfiwalls a distance Which'is sub-.

stantiallythe same as the .width of the ordixiay Safety match box. Preferably,the par- 7 'titions 5 and 6 are located so that their upperledges are a short distance below the upper edge of the container. The parutions 5 and 6 extend downwardly to a midpoint in the depth of the container 1 and a partition 8.

extends horizontally across; the lwer ends et th Partitions 5 and 6 from.the part1t1on 5. to the end wall 7 of the Container. 'Thus,

the partition. 8 fdrms the bottom of the chamber 9 lcated between the partitions 5 and 6 and of the chamber,lo formed betwcen the partition 6 and the'end.wall 7 of.the con tainer. Ita1so forma a chambr 11 in the lo'Wer part of the container which communi cates with the space 12 between the partition 5 and the end wall 153 of the container. The cigarette packagemay thus be inserted and held in the chamber 9 and a-match box may, be inserted in the chamber 10 and aShes may be insrted in the relatively small passageway or spacel2 and will, drop into the chamber 11 where they may be collected. When convenient, the container 1 may be d1sconnected fro'm'the upholstering or other. sup porting sheet material and the. chamber 11 may be emptiedl Because of the narrow passageway 12 and the location of the ashes below the;partition 8, the ashes cannot be blown from the chamber 11, which makes the utensil exceedingly desirable to smokers when riding in automobiles. Also, as the chamber 11 is a closed chamber, burning cigarette stubs or butts deposited in the chamber 11, through the passageway 12, Will be extinguished. Thus the undesirable smoke of the cigarette, after it has been discarded, Will be elimiimted.

For the convenience of obtaining matches from the match box that may be*inserted in the chamber 10, the usual rotruding member 15 may be securcd to t e bottom of the chamber 10 so as to maintain the box in a raised position relative toits enclosing shell 01' envelope, commonly used as a means for covering such match boxes. 'Also, the end wall 7 is provided with an opening 16 of a sizc sufiicient to permit the scratching of the match on the material commonly located on the sides of such envelopes or shells of safety match boxes. A

Thus, by my invention, I have provided an exceedingly eflicient utensil for smokers, particularly of advantage'when used.in automobiles because of its compactness and its convenienca V Iclaim; 1. In a smokers utensil, an oblong containerhaving an oblong cross section, apair of vertical partitions, and a horizontal partion extending from one end of the container and forniing the ,bottdms of two chambers formed by the vertical partitions and forming a chamber beneath the 'said chambers that communicateswith the space between one of the partitions and one of:the end walls of the container, the said first named chambers forming.receptacles for a cigarette package and a inatch box and the third chamber form ing a reoeptacle for ashes.

2. In a sm0kers 1'1tensil, an oblong container having an oblong Cross section, a pair of vertical partitions, and. a horizontal partition extnding-from ohe end of the container and formingthe bottoins of two chambers :Eoi med by the Vertical partitions and fOrming'a chamber beneath the said chanibers that communicates with th spae between one of the partitions and one of the end walls of the container, the saidfirst named chambers forming receptazles for-a cigarette pagkage anda match box and the third chamber forming a receptacle for ashes, the end wall oftle container having an opening for ignition of matches by rubbingon the match box side.

In witness whergof I have hereunto signed my name to this spcification. v

SANERD M. McGURDY. 

